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🚀 Flock v0.2.7: What's New

1. 🐾 Meet XiaoF: Your AI Interaction Companion

We are excited to introduce XiaoF, a pixel-art pet system designed to bring life to your development workflow:

• Multi-State Emotional Intelligence: XiaoF isn't just a static mascot; it dynamically reflects system states, task progress, and AI interaction patterns through various mood animations.
• Real-time Sync: Utilizing a new state-driven UI architecture, XiaoF’s expressions are perfectly synced with your development pace, eliminating state-lag and ensuring seamless feedback.
• Non-Intrusive Design: We've refined the UX to ensure XiaoF enhances, rather than distracts from, your workspace. This includes optimized hover-delay logic to prevent accidental interactions and a more compact, polished pop-up interface.

2. 🛠️ Robust Sandbox & Architectural Overhaul

• To ensure a rock-solid environment for your AI workflows, we've executed deep internal optimizations:
• Enhanced Sandbox Isolation: Improved tool injection logic and strict whitelisting ensure that builtin tools remain stable and secure. The system now intelligently manages ToolSearch hints, reducing UI clutter during tool registration.
• Modular Backend Refactoring: We have decomposed core modules—including the executor, LLM, computer_use, and browser commands—into independent, helper-driven components. This dramatically improves maintainability and paves the way for advanced industrial AI integrations.
• Engineering Excellence: Completed a full i18n architectural refactor. By implementing declarative provider and tool management across 51 files, we’ve significantly reduced technical debt and optimized frontend build performance.

3. Quick Tips for Your Release:

• The "Wow" Factor: Since you've added a pet, I highly recommend including a short GIF or video clip in your GitHub release post showing XiaoF reacting to a command. It is much more engaging for users than a text-only announcement.
• Highlighting the Refactor: In the developer community, the fact that you cleaned up 51 files and modularized the backend is a huge sign of project health. Don't be afraid to emphasize that this release makes it significantly easier for others to contribute to the codebase.

Does this coverage align with the tone you want for the release? If you need it to be more technical or more casual, just let me know!

What's Changed

• refactor: enhance sandbox terminal interactivity and browser efficiency with UI improvements by @Onelevenvy in https://github.com/Onelevenvy/flock/pull/278
• feat: i18n architectural refactor and declarative provider and tool management by @Onelevenvy in https://github.com/Onelevenvy/flock/pull/279
• refactor: extract hooks/stores from large components, enforce strict i18n, and deduplicate locale files across 51 files by @Onelevenvy in https://github.com/Onelevenvy/flock/pull/280
• feat: refactor backend modules — split large files and extract helpers for browser, executor, assistants, llm, computer_use, and file commands by @Onelevenvy in https://github.com/Onelevenvy/flock/pull/281
• fix(ui): improve layout, UI responsiveness, and tool interaction stability across model and environment panels by @Onelevenvy in https://github.com/Onelevenvy/flock/pull/282
• feat: add XiaoF pixel-art pet system with multi-state moods by @Onelevenvy in https://github.com/Onelevenvy/flock/pull/283
• fix: keep builtin tools when sandbox configured; only inject ToolSearch hint when tool is registered by @Onelevenvy in https://github.com/Onelevenvy/flock/pull/284
• fix(ui): reduce pet approval popup size and increase hover leave delay to prevent accidental closing by @Onelevenvy in https://github.com/Onelevenvy/flock/pull/285
• fix(ui): dynamically derive effective mood for overlay pet to fix sync-lag state issues by @Onelevenvy in https://github.com/Onelevenvy/flock/pull/286
• feat: restrict internal tool auto-registration and whitelist protection to XiaoF only by @Onelevenvy in https://github.com/Onelevenvy/flock/pull/287

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Onelevenvy/flock/compare/v0.2.6...v0.2.7